Chapter 7

When the person on the other end finally, though reluctantly, agreed to try and gather the money, I hung up the phone and looked timidly at Lillian. "Lillian, I made the call. Can I have something to eat now? I really feel like I'm going to faint…" Seeing that I had behaved and made the call, Lillian's expression softened slightly. She turned and went out to fetch the food. Once the sound of her high heels faded in the hallway, I got off Nathan and stood up to stretch and move my body. When Lillian came back, the situation had undergone a complete reversal. The one tied to the chair was now Nathan. Tied up just as tightly as they had done to me, his arms already had pale pressure marks from the ropes. Nathan hung his head, completely unconscious. The moment Lillian walked through the door, I greeted her with an elbow to the face, sending stars shooting through her vision. The next second, I grabbed her hair and slammed her down onto the floor. Her meticulously made-up